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Old 21-07-2010, 09:59 PM
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Tandum (Robin)
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Patrick, for a grand you'll only get a heq5 but it will carry an 8" dob just fine. I ran one for some time a few years back and I also stuck a 900mm refractor and a couple of cameras on it. Here's a pic of the scope and an image from it. I did have to get a 3rd counter weight to balance it all.
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